# Install grsync with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper GUI for rsync. Version 1.3.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:grsync ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install grsync ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install grsync ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/grsync/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install grsync ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: grsync from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install grsync ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: grsync from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#grsync ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gr/grsync/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S grsync ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: grsync from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install grsync ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: grsync from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:grsync - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.3.1 - **Source summary:** GUI for rsync - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - grsync (cli) - grsync-batch (cli) - grsync (alias) - grsync-batch (alias) ## Dependencies - at-spi2-core - cairo - gdk-pixbuf - gettext - glib - gtk+3 - harfbuzz - pango ## Build dependencies - gettext - intltool - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.3.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.opbyte.it/grsync/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Grsync is a GTK graphical front end for rsync, built to make file synchronization and backup workflows available without composing rsync command lines by hand. Its own project page frames it as a tool for synchronizing folders, files, removable devices, network drives, partitions, and mirrors while still depending on the rsync command-line program underneath. ### Project history The Grsync changelog begins with a 0.1 alpha release and quickly adds the features that define the project in package-manager catalogs: saved sessions, translated GTK interface strings, progress parsing, rsync option controls, and a batch helper named grsync-batch. By the 0.6 series the project had import/export support for sessions, optional Windows compatibility behavior, and the batch script installed as part of the program. The 1.x line continued as a pragmatic desktop wrapper around rsync rather than a replacement for rsync. Later releases added session sets, Unity desktop integration, logging improvements, translations, and eventually GTK 3 compatibility in version 1.3.0. Version 1.3.1 moved the default configuration directory from the user home directory to .config and included more desktop-file, translation, and GTK modernization work. ### Adoption history Grsync's adoption came from the long-running need for a discoverable desktop interface to rsync on Unix-like systems. The project page explicitly tells users to check standard package tools first because ready-made packages for Linux distributions were made by third parties, and Homebrew, Debian, Fedora-family, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE package facts reflect that cross-distribution packaging pattern. The project also accumulated translations and packaging-related fixes over many releases, including desktop-file and lintian fixes, which made it suitable for graphical software centers and distribution repositories. For package maintainers, that history matters because Grsync is a small GUI application whose usefulness depends on correctly delegating to the system rsync binary. ### How it is used Users run grsync to build and save rsync sessions for local or remote synchronization, preview runs, view rsync output, and reuse saved options. The companion grsync-batch command lets saved sessions participate in shell, cron, or scripted workflows without asking users to reconstruct the full rsync invocation. ### Why package nerds care Grsync is a classic package-nerd tool because it wraps a powerful Unix primitive rather than replacing it. It illustrates the packaging boundary between a GUI convenience layer, a command-line backend supplied by another package, desktop integration files, translations, and platform-specific GTK build concerns. ### Timeline - 0.1: First alpha release recorded in the project changelog. - 0.1.1: Saved session support added. - 0.6: grsync-batch installed by default for executing saved sessions. - 2011: Version 1.2.0 published with session-set work disabled after testing problems. - 2012: Version 1.2.1 enabled experimental session sets and added Unity support. - 2020: Version 1.3.0 added GTK 3 compatibility. - 2023: Version 1.3.1 shipped fixes, translation updates, GTK modernization, and default config-directory movement to .config. ### Related projects - rsync is the underlying synchronization engine that Grsync drives. - GTK is the desktop UI toolkit used by Grsync. - Other desktop backup and synchronization front ends, such as Back In Time and luckyBackup, occupy adjacent package-manager territory. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** grsync - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - grsync - 1.3.1-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: grsync from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GTK+ frontend for rsync | http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/ - Nix - grsync: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gr/grsync/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - grsync - 1.3.0-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: grsync from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GTK+ frontend for rsync | http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/ - dnf - grsync - 1.3.1-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: grsync from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A Gtk+ GUI for rsync | http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/ - pacman - grsync - 1.3.1-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: grsync from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | GTK+ GUI for rsync to synchronize folders, files and make backups | http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/ - zypper - grsync - 1.3.1-1.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: grsync from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | GUI for rsync | http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/ - zypper - grsync-lang - 1.3.1-1.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: grsync-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package grsync | http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/ - MacPorts - grsync: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/grsync/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Archive and compression packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/archive-compression-tools/) - Matched archive or compression metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [cairo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cairo/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gdk-pixbuf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdk-pixbuf/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gtk+3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gtk-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [harfbuzz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/harfbuzz/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pango](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pango/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [intltool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/intltool/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [evernote-backup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/evernote-backup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, productivity. - [gyb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gyb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, productivity. - [icloudpd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/icloudpd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, productivity. - [onedrive-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/onedrive-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-sync, productivity. - [pinboard-notes-backup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pinboard-notes-backup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, productivity. - [syncthing](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/syncthing/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-sync, productivity. - [aliyunpan](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aliyunpan/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-sync, productivity. - [pdfpc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pdfpc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, gtk, gui, productivity. - [klavaro](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/klavaro/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: at-spi2-core, cairo, cli, core, gdk. - [prefixsuffix](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/prefixsuffix/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: at-spi2-core, batch, cairo, cli, core. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/grsync.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/grsync.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph